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NBA Tuesday: Oh crap, Speedy wants to play
NBA Tuesday: Oh crap, Speedy wants to pl...
Introducing the Golden State Warriors, a team whose most recent problem is the veteran point guard they just traded for actually is healthy enough to play. Marcus Thompson II (who I’m pretty sure is the only actual beat writer covering the team these days, since Matt Steinmetz has gone national)...
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NBA Tuesday: BASG off-season power poll
NBA Tuesday: BASG off-season power poll...
If the start of this NBA off-season has shown us anything, it’s that the split between the elite teams and the schedule-fillers is swelling. Actually, the NBA is on the verge of moving further from parity than at any time since the 1997/98 season, when four teams (Bulls, Jazz, Sonics and Lakers)...
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NBA Tuesday: Maggette’s concussions have to worry Warriors
NBA Tuesday: Maggette’s concussion...
I noticed that Corey Maggette underwent what was termed as “minor surgery” on Monday, trying to alleviate the pain that plagued his right wrist for a good part of last season. OK, whatever. Here’s what’s scary: while perusing the rest of the short story, the following passage...
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NBA Tuesday: Jameer Nelson’s comeback
NBA Tuesday: Jameer Nelson’s comeb...
Of the four NBA teams I saw in person this year, the Orlando Magic were by far the best. Sure, two of those teams were the Golden State Warriors and Oklahoma City Mascot Thieves, but I also saw the Cleveland Cavaliers win that buzzer beater at Oracle in Monta Ellis’ first comeback game. The Cavaliers’...
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NBA Tuesday: David Stern’s worst nightmare
NBA Tuesday: David Stern’s worst n...
David Stern probably woke up at 4 am this morning in a cold sweat. Nike is rapidly putting together a Carmelo Anthony puppet and debating whether a Hedo Turkoglu doll would scare children. Mike Breen just asked himself, “If nobody’s even watching the games, do I really need to wear my toupee?” We’re...
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NBA Tuesday: Warriors ownership needs Cialis
NBA Tuesday: Warriors ownership needs Ci...
No offense to Larry Riley, who seems like a nice enough guy, but all today’s press conference announcing Riley as the new Warriors’ GM did was announce to the world how ineffectual, how impotent this team is from the top. Say what you will about the leaders of our fine Bay Area professional...
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NBA Tuesday: What exactly is it…you do, Phil?
NBA Tuesday: What exactly is it…yo...
Phil Jackson, your team could have ended the Rockets’ season today, but instead they served up one of their worst performances of the season, getting routed by Houston even though they were without Yao Ming! What do you have to say for yourself and your team? “They didn’t anticipate...
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NBA Tuesday: What the Lakers need to do
NBA Tuesday: What the Lakers need to do...
2-for-18 from behind the three-point line, including Kobe Bryant doing his best Baron Davis impression from behind the arc (1-for-7). 5 rebounds from Lamar Odom. 2 fouls in the first 2 minutes for Andrew Bynum. A sleepwalking Derek Fisher. There were several reasons why the Lakers lost 100-92 to the...
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NBA Tuesday: Warriors’ window getting bigger?
NBA Tuesday: Warriors’ window gett...
Utah’s precipitous fall from title contenders to getting waxed in the first round was one thing, but it was another game last night that showed just how wide open the Western Conference might be next season: the New Orleans Hornets losing by 58 points to the Denver Nuggets. It was a home loss so...
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NBA Tuesday: Warriors to-do list
NBA Tuesday: Warriors to-do list...
After a long, laborious season that left the Warriors in the awful yet familiar position of NBA purgatory — out of the playoffs with little to no chance of winning the NBA Draft Lottery, one is left to wonder: is there a chance in hell Golden State even sniffs the playoffs next year? Well, nothing...

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